MOSCOW: The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday dismissed a German general’s comments about the possibility of conflict between Moscow and Germany as baseless fear-mongering.
Lt. Gen. Alexander Sollfrank told Reuters in an interview earlier this month that a Russian decision to attack a NATO member state would depend on the Western allies’ posture, but that Moscow had the “current capabilities and combat power” to “kick off a small-scale attack against NATO territory as early as tomorrow.”
Asked on Friday about broader comments Sollfrank was purported to have made about German preparations for a possible conflict with Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow had no plans to attack any NATO country, but was acting to ensure its own security at a time when NATO was building up its forces near its borders.
“What hasn’t he said and declared,” Zakharova said of Sollfrank.
“It (talk of conflict between Russia and NATO) feels like part of a campaign to brainwash the population in order to justify their own mistakes, miscalculations, and crimes,” she added.
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Russia dismisses German general’s comments about Russia attacking NATO as fear-mongering
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Russia dismisses German general’s comments about Russia attacking NATO as fear-mongering
- Zakharova said Moscow had no plans to attack any NATO country
- “It feels like part of a campaign to brainwash the population”
Russian drones, missiles hit railway hub near Ukraine’s capital, railway says
KYIV: A railway hub near Kyiv was attacked during a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack that damaged the depot and railway carriages, Ukrainian state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said on Saturday.
The railway did not report any casualties from the overnight attack in the town of Fastiv.
Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector and infrastructure in recent weeks, targeting power stations and railway hubs.
Ukrzaliznytsia said on the Telegram messaging app that it was forced to cancel several suburban trains near the capital and the city of Chernihiv in northeastern Ukraine.
Emergency services reported a fire and destruction on the territory of the railway station and depot but gave no more details. The report also cited an attack on infrastructure in the Chernihiv region.
Power and heat generation facilities in Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions were targeted in the attack, Ukraine’s ministry for development of communities and territories said.
It said on Telegram that 9,500 customers remained without heat and 34,000 without water supply in the southern Odesa region.
“Port facilities (in Odesa) have also been attacked: part of the infrastructure has been de-energised, and operators have switched to backup power from generators,” the ministry said.
The ministry also reported damages to energy infrastructure in the Kyiv region.
The railway did not report any casualties from the overnight attack in the town of Fastiv.
Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector and infrastructure in recent weeks, targeting power stations and railway hubs.
Ukrzaliznytsia said on the Telegram messaging app that it was forced to cancel several suburban trains near the capital and the city of Chernihiv in northeastern Ukraine.
Emergency services reported a fire and destruction on the territory of the railway station and depot but gave no more details. The report also cited an attack on infrastructure in the Chernihiv region.
Power and heat generation facilities in Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions were targeted in the attack, Ukraine’s ministry for development of communities and territories said.
It said on Telegram that 9,500 customers remained without heat and 34,000 without water supply in the southern Odesa region.
“Port facilities (in Odesa) have also been attacked: part of the infrastructure has been de-energised, and operators have switched to backup power from generators,” the ministry said.
The ministry also reported damages to energy infrastructure in the Kyiv region.
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